Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trefgarne wrote back on October 5 1989 , claiming the guidelines had to be ‘ reconsidered ’ . |
| 2 | More and more self-build projects are taking off all over the NorthEast and Mr Edwards said clear guidelines had to be laid down . |
| 3 | Both her legs had to be amputated above the knee . |
| 4 | The West Coast had love-ins ; now London in considerably less welcoming climes tried the same , complete with an obligatory visit by Andy Warhol , Pink Floyd , and celebrants shinning up organ pipes as the night wore on and boredom or chemically induced demons had to be exorcized . |
| 5 | There can be no serious defensible pedigrees here ( even if we could decide what characteristics had to be inherited to ensure pure descent ) . |
| 6 | Other methods had to be found . |
| 7 | Other , more subtle methods had to be employed . |
| 8 | But wider , deeper and larger considerations had to be taken on board and at this stage I do n't know if any of the money will be available to me for replacing Batty if he goes . ’ |
| 9 | But wider , deeper and longer considerations had to be taken on board . ’ |
| 10 | This meant that the guest lists had to be scrutinized with great care and it required considerable awareness on the part of Eugénie to be able to decide who would match with whom . |
| 11 | Profits suffered at the EW Payne reinsurance business and River Thames Insurance , where underwriting reserves had to be increased . |
| 12 | New offices had to be found . |
| 13 | Potential candidates had to be able to spell ‘ train ’ . |
| 14 | A general election , when all candidates had to be members of KANU , was held in March 1988 [ see pp. 36136-37 ] . |
| 15 | All the candidates had to be nominated with proposers and seconders and they all have election agents . ’ |
| 16 | They pointed out that motility patterns in normal subjects needed to be described in more detail , that the relation between pressure and transit needed to be further investigated , and that the analysis and classification of pressure waves had to be standardised and quantified . |
| 17 | At the end of Market Day , the animals had to be driven away . |
| 18 | Apparently in deference to The Builder 's comments , the submission date was extended and designs had to be inscribed with a motto and delivered to Westminster Hall on or before 20th March , 1857 . |
| 19 | The designs had to be small to avoid wastage in matching . |
| 20 | The mind that had conjured up those designs had to be brilliant — annoying , devious , prone to flights of fancy — but brilliant all the same . |
| 21 | Despite a statement by Selwyn Lloyd , the Foreign Secretary , in the House of Commons on 23rd July that there was ‘ no question of large-scale operations by British troops on the ground ’ , Army units had to be flown up to the Oman from Kenya to support the Sultan 's armed forces in crushing the rebellion . |
| 22 | These contracts could not be fulfilled as the units had to be redesigned and tested . |
| 23 | Between the Wars the cars were open at first , and drivers had to be well-clad in oilskins to avoid the cascade of water which poured on to them from the canopy of the open-fronted trams . |
| 24 | The NRA 's chief scientist , Jan Pentreath , said that heavy metals and pesticides had to be controlled more effectively because of their toxic effect on the marine environment . |
| 25 | I thought Church of England clergy had to be . ’ |
| 26 | As has already been seen , it was the style of both church and politicians to avoid their mutual consultations being known , which tells us that the secularity of the state at that time was partially a façade , but one which it was felt by both interested parties had to be maintained , probably so as not to confuse the faithful . |
| 27 | Constituency parties had to be wound up and re-formed to conform to the new boundaries . |
| 28 | One of the flight computers had to be replaced along with nine fuel sensors and a critical electronic unit or " black box " . |
| 29 | The Nationwide Building Society felt that they could not increase their investment because it was linked to unchanged valuations and therefore the new ratio of public to private funds had to be higher than before , even though the housing association was prepared to invest some of its own resources . |
| 30 | Funds had to be found — and quickly . |